“Guess I have to Live Bet the Game Now”
We woke up hungover and dead tired this particular Saturday morning, grabbed the essentials and made way to the train station in a daze. Two train rides and three hours later, we’re sucking down cold beers at Citi Field as the Mets host Washington.
Since it was a long train ride and we had time to kill, I made it priority to stop at the local deli for some $3 crossword scratch-off tickets, better known to The Chat as “Scratchies”. They take forever to do, and even longer to realize you didn’t win a damn thing. Once you’re done, it’s mandatory to check again ensuring you didn’t miss a rouge “P” anywhere. Nope, no P. I lost on every single one, but it kept my interest for seven stops on what was an otherwise slow day of watching psychos on the train.
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While this goes on our boy Hank who was recently added to The Chat; Generic Greg, and Jinx pull up game lines and prop bets at BetOnline.AG. Our other buddy isn’t much of a bettor, so he offers to wager a hot dog with someone for his action fix. The train pulls into Penn Station and we still can’t decide what The Chat is going to bet. You can’t attend a ball game and not bet it, that would be sacrilegious and go against human principles. Naturally, when a group of guys who lose more than win want to all bet the same thing, it becomes difficult for such great betting minds to agree on a side, total, or prop.
We’re still in a fog, but astutely following everyone in orange Mets gear to lead us to the Long Island Railroad transfer promise land. At this point, Bryce Harper’s career numbers vs. Seth Lugo are the focus. To no surprise, Generic Greg is leading the charge and wants to bet “no score” first inning. He’s checking his phone for updated lines, but he keeps circling back to his favorite one.
I inquire about the Nationals First 5 innings bet for myself, but Generic Greg claims his account was supposed to be “cancelled”, so he didn’t want too much action in his account. We’ve all cancelled our betting accounts before, and we’ve all opened them again, it’s the circle of life. After more deliberation, we decided against the Bryce Harper player prop. So Hank, Jinx, Generic Greg and myself take “no runs” in the first inning.
The rain holds off and we get to our nosebleeds, our tickets were part of an “all you can drink beer ’til the end of the 7th inning” package. The weather is holding up, we have unlimited beers, and our bets are locked in. A nice little parlay of events if you ask me.
For those that follow baseball you know the Mets lineup won’t be confused with murderers row any time soon, and today’s match-up is Lugo vs. Strasburg so as Jinx put it; “Lugo makes it through three National batters and we’re gold.”
Pow! Bam! Whack! It was a scene out of a 1960’s Batman television show, Seth Lugo couldn’t make it through three pitches let alone three batters. On the second pitch, Trea Turner hit an absolute bomb to left that still hasn’t landed, and everyone proceeded to pound their free beer in disgust.
Remember our other buddy who isn’t much of a gambler? That “someone” he made a hot dog bet with that there wouldn’t be a score in the first was me. To the victor goes the spoils, hold the kraut. Guess I have to live bet the game now.
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Casey Brannigan is a former writer for Football Nation and Sports Editor at Trenton Times Newspaper. More importantly, he’s just like you, a gambling degenerate. You can interact with Casey on Twitter @CJ_TB and read his introductory House of Losers piece here.
